WHEREAS it is part of the country’s social policy to expand social security system and reach citizens step by step;
WHEREAS the strengthening and sustainability of the system greatly contributes to social justice, industrial peace, poverty reduction and development;
WHEREAS it has been found necessary to strengthen, to the extent circumstances allow, the public servants pension scheme and revise and consolidate the existing laws;
NOW, THEREFORE, in accordance with Article 55(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, it is hereby proclaimed as follows:
